Professional Stroke Education Inventory Search

Websites for Stroke has 7 resource(s).

Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care

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The Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care are intended to provide up-to-date evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and management of stroke. The goal of disseminating and implementing these recommendations is to reduce practice variations in the care of stroke patients across Canada, and to reduce the gap between knowledge and practice.

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The Recommendations is a joint initiative of the Canadian Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

Now in its 6th edition, the 2016-2018 theme is Partnerships and Collaboration

Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation (last updated 2016)

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The Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation or EBRSR (last updated 2016) is a comprehensive and up-to- date review examining both therapy-based and pharmacological interventions associated with stroke rehabilitation.

Heart and Stroke Foundation

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The Heart and Stroke Foundation is one of Canada’s largest and most effective health charities. Heart and Stroke Foundation is Canada’s most widely recognized and trusted authority on cardiovascular health.

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The Heart and Stroke Foundation, a volunteer- based health charity, leads in eliminating heart disease and stroke and reducing their impact through:

Ontario Telemedicine Network

Using innovative technology, OTN streamlines the health care process, while also expanding the way knowledge is shared and how the medical community interacts with each other and with patients.

The Provincial Telestroke Program is a component of Ontario’s stroke strategy and provides stroke patients in remote areas of the province with access to life-saving emergency care that they might not receive without this real-time expert neurological assessment. Telestroke uses eHealth Ontario’s Emergency Neuro Image Transfer System (ENITS), a centralized web-based picture archiving and communication system for head scans that can be accessed and viewed by participating neurologists.

OTN’s Webcasting Centre broadcasts thousands of ongoing health professional events over the internet, both live and archived, extending the reach of your events beyond rooms equipped with videoconferencing equipment.

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An independent, not-for- profit organization, OTN is funded by the Government of Ontario.